MADISON, WI (AP)— Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are asking federal officials to deny a utility's request for a loan to cover its share of a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior.
Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power, and Basin Electric Cooperative are seeking to build the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center.
Chippewa tribes in the three states sent the U.S. Department of Agriculture a letter asking the agency to deny Dairyland Power's request for a $350 million loan to fund its share of the project. They say the plant is unconscionable, given escalating climate change.
